Konig Des Todes and Lonami:
Lets start with that neither WP or any of you are asking for an NPC. Other community members are asking for it, or rather suggesting that it would be a cool or fun idea.
Perhaps both of you have been active and know more than WP when it comes to lore. I don’t know to be honest and it doesn’t really matter. Here is what I do know. WP provides lore in a fun easy to listen to environment that is easy to access without hours of digging and or reading.
I am sure you’ll just assume I am lazy and therefore dismiss me or anything I have to say. Which is ok. But is that the attitude you want to put forward to get more players interested in the lore? Because that is the feeling and attitude that you get on lore forums.
I would love for either of you to put your knowledge into video format and throw it up on youtube or wherever. I will watch it I promise you, and I know I wouldn’t be alone. Players are hungry for GW lore.
Dulfy provides great walkthroughs for those who need them, sometimes way too early in my opinion (even before a patch is released, which I am surprised anet lets her do). Her site is very popular for that reason.
“However, I think it’s entirely valid to point out that he doesn’t necessarily contribute any more than either Konig or myself have contributed (either now or, in my case, in the past).”
Would you say that you and Konig have reached a larger audience than WP? Because that is what it comes down to at the end of the day. At least for most people it does. Also I am not sure that anyone is saying he contribute more than either of you. Although both of you seem to have taken it that way.
“And not to sound conceted or anything, but I’ve been in the community longer (at least actively), have moderated multiple forums, been a long time and huge wiki editor, part of the Test Krewe, and far far more, gotten a reputation as “lore guru/god/etc.” (which I’m not too fond of the last but meh it happened), but I don’t have an NPC.”
You realize that after you wrote “And not to sound conceted” that everything that followed was fairly conceted? That is like saying “I don’t mean offence” and then you say something offensive.
What does most of that stuff have to do with the suggestion at hand? Being a moderator? really? Length in community doesn’t hold much weight either. Like I said above it’s about how many you can reach not how much you know. How you inspire others to want to learn about the lore and be excited about it.
Players love to speculate, is it a surprise that those video gain some traction then? I don’t think so. It’s not about being right when it comes to a mystery. The fun is in speculating. He has plenty of factual lore videos. I am sure there are some places where the info is skewed.